Question - Alistair Coetzee

This is as good a time as any to establish a baseline for opinion, especially amongst WP supporters about Alistair Coetzee.

After consecutive Super rugby semi-final losses at Newlands in 2011 and 2012, followed up by a Currie Cup final loss at Newlands in 2013 and lets face it - a bit of a none starter type Super rugby season in 2013 and 2014, Alistair Coetzee hasn't always been at the top of the 'most liked' list in Cape Town. He kind of vacillates in position depending on each weekends performances.

So lets hear - from WP fans. If WP should lose the Currie Cup final this weekend, are we going to hear again that it is time for Alistair to go ? And if they win are you all happy that his contract has been extended ?

Sharky 
Regardless of the outcome this week in the CC final, my view on Alistair Coetzee will be the same. He's achieved good signs a few years back by attracting quality players to the club but fails to secure players at staying at Stomers/WP by the coaching management, it was a clear problem. Former WP players such as Louw, Pollard, Hougaard, Du Toit and many others who are quality players that they couldn't secure at the club. Gert Smal has improved the structure of the team this year by assisting Alistair Coetzee. The talk of WP playing great attacking brand rugby and good results is more so leaning towards what the players are actually doing themselves not what Alistair Coetzee is implementing. Players like Cheslin Kolbe, Senatla, Michael Rhodes, Notshe and others have rejuvenated the team to new heights, its where the real improvement are coming from. 

Coetzee is also very slow to realise what some players are actually capable of doing, often there are players that should be starting and not wasted on the bench. I would be pleased to see Alistair Coetzee resign from the job, its for the better. I'm a loyal WP/Stomers supporter and want to see the team improve. Coetzee needs to go.

 I would like to see Coetzee go, I am not a WeePee supp orter, but their rugby has been uninspiring for some time now.

No use to play a bit of rugby in the Currie Cup and then when Super XV comes around the close shop, which is most likely what will happen next year.

Beeno, I have no allegiance to any Province, grew up all over South Africa and after the advent of pro rugby saw too many players switch sides.

I have allegiance to only the Springbok, I find it hard to identify with any particular team in the professional era as players often don't represent where they learnt their rugby.

The Boks are easy to identify with as they are players who learnt their trade in our system.

In any given season I will support the teams that plays the most attractive rugby.  

Nope, think about it, when you don't support a specific province you are openminded about which players should play for the Bokke, I ever give two hoots who a player plays for, I purely think about what is best for the Boks.

I have seen this illness amongst every supporter supporting a specific club/provincial/state team.

I call is bias. They can 't see though their own rose/blue/white/whatever tinted glasses.

Thanks for the advice CLearCut, fortunately I am quite adaptable, when I don't understand I just go quiet.

So when I am silent you know the wheels turning but the rat is dead.

I certainly don't support the Bools but I support Victor and Willemse.

I do support the Stormers, but I don't support Malherbe, Kitshoff or Taute

I think you can be for a provincial team and keep your team bias out of the Bok frame. Honestly a good CC game between our top teams, beats a Welsh or Argentinian test any day. These local derbies are like trials where player arguments are settled.....for the rugby student they are compelling viewing.

And while I see some positive provincial bias among posters ie they are for players from their province....there is almost no negative bias except for RooiAAS who hates anything coming out of the Cape. It's a pathetic affliction.

You have the little poor (financially) old Lions Cubs, the rejects of the professional system by enlarge.

You have the bloues, the bulletjies that doesn't know much about losing, but not much about playing smart rugby.

You have the Cheatertjies, loves to run but hates to tackle.

You have the Guppies, playing rugby as if they live in a fishbowl and haven't heard rugby has moved on.

You have the WeePee, or Problems, except they don't realise it.